5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks Largely recognized for her leading role in the bus boycott of 1955, Rosa Parks was an enduring activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout her numerous ...

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday, a moment to honor her unwavering fight for civil rights. Often recognized as part of the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Black ...

Here are seven facts I didn’t know, and you might not, either. Everyone knows the story of Rosa Parks and her brave stand — or, sit — on that Alabama bus. But Parks wasn’t the first to do so.

When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama arrested her. While she wasn't the first person to use a bus ...

You know Rosa Parks as the civil rights ... who each year marks Parks' birthday on Feb. 4 by posting little-known facts about her. After reading “fact after amazing fact,” Hamilton asked ...